The first half of this special concert marking the bicentenary of Jane Austen's death in 1817 will feature new arrangements of songs and glees from Austen's personal music collection, interspersed with readings from her work and keyboard music of the period. The Waynflete Singers will perform seven items from the collection, which is now held [...]
Saturday 10 June 2017 Byways of Beethoven Mass in C (Op 86) Choral Fantasia (Op 80) - Solo Piano Anita D'Attellis Halleluia (Op 85) from Christ on the Mount of Olives Soprano - Helen Withers Mezzo Soprano - Serenna Wagner Tenor - Paul Smy Bass - Phillip Tebb The great Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) embraced, [...]
Join us for this fabulous Dorchester Team churches celebration of Easter with all your favourite Easter hymns!
A Family celebration of Easter day with joyous hymns and a family communion. Do join us!
A 3 hour service of reflection with music, readings and prayers There will be the opportunity to arrive and leave at points during the Devotion.
Shared meal, followed by 8pm Communion and stripping of the altar Please let the Rectory office know if you are going to attend (although you are very welcome even if you don't!) admin@dorchester-abbey.org.uk
Start at the War Memorial for a short procession with donkey down to the Abbey for a Palm Sunday Service to celebrate the arrive of Jesus in Jerusalem. All ages welcome!
Each English Music Festival is a dynamic and inspiring event, and all ten Festivals thus far have demonstrated just how exciting this music is; with each Festival, the EMF not only fulfills the ever-increasing demand for live performances of these all-too-often unheard works, but also plays a seminal role in restoring English music to its [...]
Santa Monica, California, High School Choir on tour in the UK.
Written for Good Friday in 1724, the passion was the centrepiece of Bach’s year-long cycle of liturgical cantatas. Perhaps the biggest joy of the St John Passion is that, for all the ferocity and sorrow of the Good Friday story, it’s a truly optimistic work, anticipating the resurrection with music suffused with light and hope. [...]
